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Photos: Starting over at Aurora's Henry Pratt building

By KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE

Feb. 18, 2019

As the sun rose Monday in Aurora, Pratt staffers returned to work

[Rebecca Lewis for Shaw Media]

Employees say a blessing before arriving for work at the Henry Pratt plant in Aurora on Feb. 18. The day was planned to be spent with counselors, helping staff members cope with the after effects of the Feb. 15 mass shooting at the company, which left six of their co-workers dead.

[Rebecca Lewis for Shaw Media]

The parking lot of the Henry Pratt building began to fill up Monday morning, as staffers returned to the scene of a Feb. 15 mass shooting at their workplace. Counselors were present to help employees dealing with the after effects of the shooting, in which former employee Gary Montez Martin of Aurora shot and killed five co-workers at the facility.